robert gill was hit an killed at the slide near scotts valley yesterday.so injured. >>> number three, voluntary evacuations underway along the russian river. it's expected to crest at nearly 36 feet around 1:00 this afternoon. and remains at flood levels until tomorrow morning. >>> let's talk a little bit more about today's wet weather and traffic. storm impact scale, just a 1, it will create ponding on the roadways so hydroplaning is still a concern but everything else is going to be very low and then get ready for some warm sunshine this weekend. >>> number five, from the live desk, president trump calling the ruling from the appeals court in san francisco a "political decision" and he said he is looking forward to taking his executive order on immigration back to court. >>> number six, the president of the oakland raiders told the las vegas stadium authority that financing for a new stadium isn't going to be an issue. nfl owners could vote on relocation next month. >>> number seven, happening today, more than 80 bay area schools will participate in no o

the victim has been identified as this man, robert gill but everyone called him bobby.4-year-old was working for graniterock construction, cleaning up a mudslide in scotts valley when he was hit and killed yesterday. a second employee was also hit but his injuries are not critical. our media partner "the mercury news" reports chp is tracking down witnesses and t 11 callers to get their accounts. caltrans says that work to clear the slide along highway 17 has been suspended and that it will not resume until the investigation is complete. >>> many of you are posting moving messages to bobby gill and his family as well as heartfelt thanks to all the workers that keep our roads safe. you can go to our abc7 news facebook page and leave your comments. >>> voluntary evacuations are underway this morning along the russian river. the county opened the emergency operations center late last night and we checked with mike nicco. the river is 33.3 feet right now, expected to crest at nearly 36 feet later around 1:00 this afternoon. and remain at or above flood levels until early tom

robert gill died when a mud struck backed over him during a mud light clean up. >>> 200,000 people forced to evacuate have been told to go back home. >> they were ordered to leave sunday as a damaged spillway north of sacramento were hazardous but now water levels are dropping and expected to be low enough to handle a storm. >> we're live in orrville. >> last count 125 construction crews, 40 trucks per hour carrying stones, big rocks down to the damaged spillway. at the same time residents here suddenly back into their home. >> the round the clock work in the orrville damn reprieved the communities below letting people return to their homes. >> we've concluded that it is safe to reduce the immediate evacuation order currently in place to an vac uation warning. >> meantime word came from the white house they would be eligible for federal disaster relief. >> this is a text book example why we need to pursue a major infrastructure package in congress. >> by night fall thousands who left in a hurry on sunday were flowing back into downtown orrville. many businesses didn't open immediately, in

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robert gill died when a mud struck backed over him during a mud light clean up. >>> 200,000 people forced to evacuate have been told to go back home. >> they were ordered to leave sunday as a damaged spillway north of sacramento were hazardous but now water levels are dropping and expected to be low enough to handle a storm. >> we're live in orrville. >> last count 125 construction crews, 40 trucks per hour carrying stones, big rocks down to the damaged spillway. at the same time residents here suddenly back into their home. >> the round the clock work in the orrville damn reprieved the communities below letting people return to their homes. >> we've concluded that it is safe to reduce the immediate evacuation order currently in place to an vac uation warning. >> meantime word came from the white house they would be eligible for federal disaster relief. >> this is a text book example why we need to pursue a major infrastructure package in congress. >> by night fall thousands who left in a hurry on sunday were flowing back into downtown orrville. many businesses didn't open immediately, in

a truck ran over robert gill, a 54-year-old, he was working along side his son at the time. his employer granite rock set up a you caring page that raised more than $47,000 for his family. >> a busy road way will stay closed for two more weeks. sky 7 hd shows that it continually floods over near atherton avenue, we explain the problem. >> two privately owned levees gave way. they broke. and the water has been rushing through. that road goes down in to a depressed area and it's completely flooded out. at the deepest point, it's four feet deep. looks like a boat launch. we are pumping out as much water out as we can. >> short-term solutions is more pavement to bring the roadway up and install bigger pipes. caltrans wants to work on a long-term solution with the county. a warning if your trips this weekend is to lake tau oh. on the right, a slide to highway 50, just two hours ago, caltrans reopened i-80 at colfax, you see the long line of cars slowly getting through. westbound still closed at highway 20. highway 50 is remaining closed east of pollack pines it will not reopen un

tonight the victim has been identified as 54-year-old robert gill. abc 7 news reporter live at the scene of this tragedy with what we're learning about him. >> reporter: dan, granite rock tells me eerv within called him bobby. he leaves behind a wife and two kids. he'd been with the company more than 15 1/2 years. he was working to clear the mud slide on 17 when he was killed, as you said. that work is now on hold, it's suspended and we don't know for how long. >> as a company, we're mourning. >> reporter: he was hit and killed by dump truck while working for granite rock construction in the northbound lanes of highway 17. >> he was a well loved and respected member of our construction team and we're completely devastated by his loss. >> reporter: a second employee was also hit but his injuries are also critical. >> luckily chp was right on scene, medic got up here quickly. we expedited fire and ambulance to get the gentleman trapped out quickly and over to valley med. >> reporter: a statement reads in part "our deepest sympathies go out to the famil

friends, family, co-workers are remembering a construction worker killed on the job. 54-year-old robert gill is being remembered. he was standing behind a dump truck that backed up and hit him. he was killed instantaneously. he had been a member of the company 15 years. at the same time, another worker, 34 steven whittier was also pinned underneath the truck. he is expected to survive. >>> simply tragic there. well, in the north bay, the napa river receding. that is good news the last few weeks. >> that's why i'm getting out, getting my steps in and getting some blood flowing and enjoying the break. >> napa county residents have been experiencing everything from mudslides to downed trees and floods. one driver narrowly escaped from the rising waters earlier this week. our nbc bay area app is a good resource during the wet and changing weather. you can access our live radar for the bay area, even lake tahoe. >> it is another setback for president trump's executive order banning travelers from seven mostly muslim countries. the ninth circuit court of appeals denied an emergency request to rein

tonight the victim has been identified as 54-year-old robert gill.s reporter live at the scene of this tragedy with what we're learning about him. >> reporter: dan, granite rock tells me eerv within called him bobby. he leaves behind a wife and two kids. he'd been with the company more than 15 1/2 years. he was working to clear the mud slide on 17 when he was killed, as you said. that work is now on hold, it's suspended and we don't know for how long. >> as a company, we're mourning. >> reporter: he was hit and killed by dump truck while working for granite rock construction in the northbound lanes of highway 17. >> he was a well loved and respected member of our construction team and we're completely devastated by his loss. >> reporter: a second employee was also hit but his injuries are also critical. >> luckily chp was right on scene, medic got up here quickly. we expedited fire and ambulance to get the gentleman trapped out quickly and over to valley med. >> reporter: a statement reads in part "our deepest sympathies go out to the families of the

a truck ran over robert gill, a 54-year-old, he was working along side his son at the time. his employer granite rock set up a you caring page that raised more than $47,000 for his family. >> a busy road way will stay closed for two more weeks. sky 7 hd shows that it continually floods over near atherton avenue, we explain the problem. >> two privately owned levees gave way. they broke. and the water has been rushing through. that road goes down in to a depressed area and it's completely flooded out. at the deepest point, it's four feet deep. looks like a boat launch. we are pumping out as much water out as we can. >> short-term solutions is more pavement to bring the roadway up and install bigger pipes. caltrans wants to work on a long-term solution with the county. a warning if your trips this weekend is to lake tau oh. on the right, a slide to highway 50, just two hours ago, caltrans reopened i-80 at colfax, you see the long line of cars slowly getting through. westbound still closed at highway 20. highway 50 is remaining closed east of pollack pines it will not reopen un

it was put on old after a deadly accident. 54-year-old robert gill died when a dump truck backed over him. another worker was also injured. >>> abc7 news has learned the coast guard is going to issue a warning today, telling people to watch out for debris. the coast guard says debris is floating down through san pablo bay from the sacramento delta after big storms and high water and it's creating some pretty big hazards. check out what washed up at pier 3 in san francisco. a giant floating blob of debris. it's all over the berkeley marina too. reeds at -- not really sure what that is. according to the marin ij, a bay ferry recently damaged its propellor. >>> two robbery suspects apparently gave police the slip. look at this. sky7 over the search last night. it started with an attempted robbery in berkeley. it turned into a police pursuit into oakland. the suspects hit another car about a block from rock ridge b.a.r.t. station. they crashed and ran off into the neighborhood. police stopped b.a.r.t. service for about 20 minutes while they searched and eventually called it off around 11:

the victim has been identified as robert gill but everyone called him bobby. the 54-year-old was working for graniterock construction, cleaning up a mudslide when he was killed yesterday. a second employee was also hit but his injuries are not critical. "the mercury news" reports chp is tracking down witnesses and 911 callers to get accounts. caltrans says work to clear the slide has been suspended and will not resume until the investigation is complete. >>> many of you posting moving messages to bobby gill and his family as well as heartfelt thanks to all the workers who keep our roads safe. you can join in on the conversation, head to abc7 news facebook page. you can leave your comments. >>> in sonoma county, voluntary evacuations are underway along the russian river. the county opened the emergency operations center late last night. we just checked with mike. the river is 33.3 feet right now, it's expected to crest at nearly 36 feet around 1:00 this afternoon, we think, and remain at or above flood levels until early tomorrow morning. >>> now to the east ba

the worker killed has been identified as robert gill of los banos.two fundraisers have been set up online -- one for funeral expenses.. the other is for a "gratitude meal" -- to thank the crews working so hard to clear the roads.. if you'd like to help -- we have links on kron-4-dot-com. and highway 37 in the north bay is still closed tonight. there's an area that floods consistently during and after big storms.. and right now...cars cannot get through between atherton avenue and highway- 101 in novato. caltrans crews have been busy...24-7... pumping the water out... this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. this is the third straight day that section of the highway has been closed. on thursday one lane was briefly open in the east bound direction but once the rain started falling again...the water once again covered the whole highway. breaking news... we just got word that one lane of interstate -80 in the sierra is now open.but it is slow going for drivers across the mountains.ááápam/voááá cal-trans just tweeted out... one east

on the granite rock construction website, 54-year-old robert gill is being remembered.truck backed up and hit him and he was killed instantaneously. there will be a u curing site launched by friends and family trying to raise money for gill's family. he had been a member of that company for 15 years. at the same time, another worker, 34-year-old steven whittier was pinned under the truck. though he was able to speak with responders who came on scene afterwards. he is expected to survive. >> really rainy conditions yesterday. so sad. another look at the bay area the russian river in the north bay. it is expected to crest its banks early this afternoon. as we have been telling you on today in the bay, the river is already overflowing its banks in several spots. >> let's get a check of conditions with kari hall as you step out the door on your friday. an umbrella, kari? >> yes. as well as a jacket. it is a little bit milder for the south bay. the cold front is rolling on through. with that we still have lingering moisture. with that you are going to need definitely the umb

now on the granite rock construction website and social media, 54-year-old robert gill of los bonos is being remember ltded. he was standing behind a dump truck that backed up and in stan sta instantaneously killed him. steven whittier was also pinned under the truck. he was able to communicate with responders and is expected to survive. >>> 5 it is 5:37. a live look at the golden gate bridge. you see it on your left. highway 101 and san jose on your right. the roads shiny and slick. i want to check in with kari hall. how much rain have we had so far? >> we have had lots of rain. some of the staggering amounts have been in the north bay. this is unbelievable. over five days we have had over 11 inches of rain there. as in the santa cruz mountains. anywhere from 6 to 10 inches of rain. san he jose, over an inch of rain. and oakland too as well. san francisco seeing two and a half inches of rain in walnut creek. with all of that we are seeing the storm systems winding down. a small chance that we could have rumbles of thunder as we go into this afternoon with the last waves of this rain m

a truck ran over robert gill, a 54-year-old man from los ban os working alongside his son. his employer raised $47,000 for his family. >>> busy roadway in marin countries will remain closed for two more weeks. sky 7 shows highway 37 in novato yesterday. it continually floods over near atherton avenue. caltrans spokesperson bob haas explains the issue. >> two privately owned levees gave way. they broke. and the water is rushing through. so that road just goes down into depressed area and it is completely flooded out. at the deepest point, it is 4 feet deep. it looks like a boat launch. we are pumping as much of the water out as we can. >> short-term solutions include more pavement to bring the roadway up and installing bigger pipes. caltrans wants to work with the county on a long-term solution there. >>> warning now, if your weekend plans include a trip to lake tahoe, think twice. on the left you are looking at a landslide that closed i-80 for ten hours and on the right a jeep was buried, luckily the driver is okay. they opened i-80 at col fox and you could see the cars slo

this is the same site where 54-year-old robert gill, a construction worker, was run over and killed by a construction truck while clearing the mudslide on thursday. the chp reopened southbound lanes to traffic just after 7:00 last night, but with portions of northbound 17 still shut down today, drivers are left with very few options. >> i'm afraid to take some of the back roads because you never know, the trees and landslides and might get caught in the middle or something. >> the chp says drivers going north on 17 from santa cruz will only be able to get as far as granite creek road. >>> as we've been reporting, the mess left behind from the latest series of storms is dramatic. this is drone video given to us by mark culpepper. it show as mudslide that slammed into a home in orrinda. look at that. the house red tagged. eng anothers out yes surveying the damage. we want to see your pictures and videos as well. tag us on twitter or instagram, or post to our facebook page. >>> now to other top stories -- a car crash, a police chase and a dead body. this morning police are trying to put t

work began last monday but it was put on hold after a deadly accident on thursday. 54-year-old robert gillied when a dump truck backed over him. another worker was also hurt. >>> a new report out this morning says more than 55,000 u.s. bridges are deficient. >> jessica going through the new report at the live desk. some of the bridges right here in the bay area. >> that's right, four of california's worst bridges are here in the bay area and here they are. we have 680 over monument boulevard in contra costa county, 880 alameda at san leandro creek, 280 at lawrence expressway in santa clara and expressway in santa clara and highway 101 and san mateo at cordilleras creek. i've been looking through it. a whopping 18% of bridges statewide are structurally obsolete. they do not meet current building codes. they say california needs $12 billion to fix the state's bridge problem. >>> new details in an effort to unionize workers at tesla's fremont plant. elon musk says that he's investigating claims of difficult work conditions and low pay. in a series of direct messages through twitter, musk told

a truck ran over robert gill, a 54-year-old from los banos. he was working alongside his son at the time. his employer, graniterock, set up a you caring page that's raised more than $47,000 for his family. >>> a busy roadway in marin county will remain closed for two more weeks. sky7 shows highway 37 in novato yesterday. it continually floods over near atherton avenue. caltrans spokesman bob haus explains the issue. >> two privately owned levies gave way. they broke and the water's been recurring through the road just goes down into a depressed area and it's completely flooded out. at the deepest point, it's 4 feet deep. looks like a boat launch. we are pumping as much as of the water out as we can. >> short-term solutions include more pavement and installing bigger pipes. caltrans wants to work with the county on long-term solutions. >>> a warning now if your weekend plans include a trip to lake tahoe. on the left, you're looking at a landslide that closed down interstate 80 for ten hours yesterday, on the right, another slide on highway 50 t

a truck ran over robert gill, a 54-year-old man from las banos. he was working alongside his son at the time. his employer, graniterock, set up a you caring page that's raised money for his family. >>> a busy roadway in marin county will remain closed for two more weeks. highway 37 in novato yesterday, it continually floods over near atherton avenue. caltrans spokesman bob hoss explains why. >> two privately owned levies gave way. they broke and the water's been rushing through so the road just goes down into a depressed area and it's completely flooded out. at the deepest point, it's four feet deep. it looks like a boat launch. we are pumping as much of the water out as we can. >> short-term solutions include more pavement to bring the roadway up and installing bigger pipes. caltrans wants to work with the county on a long-term solution. >>> a warning now if your weekend plans include a trip to lake tahoe. a landslide closed interstate 80 for ten hours yesterday. the driver of the jeep is okay. caltrans reopened i-80 eastbound at colfax. highway

on the granite rock construction website former coworkers remember 54-year-old robert gill of los banos. gill was standing behind that truck when it apparently moved back by accident and he was killed instantaneously. now, gill had been a member of that company for 15 years. right now this morning there was launched a you caring site set up to help his family. it's already raised more than $16,000. another worker, 34-year-old steven whittier was pinned underneath the truck as this happened. he was able to communicate with first responders and paramedics and he is expected to survive. >> let's bring in mike inowe way who is aware of all of these different traffic snarls. mike, you've been watching highway 17. if you live over the hill or work over the hill, you expect to have problems during the winter but nothing like this. >> you expect problems maybe a periodic wash out, mudslide a few hours. this has been a tremendous problem, cutting off santa cruz and los gatos from time to time from one another. now we'll show you the roadways and we have a flooding report through palo alto. one l

ashley: robert gill was serving a life sentence for heroin and cocaine distribution.2015 and he was recently in a big police chase for a drug deal and he was found with a backpack containing a kilo of cocaine in san antonio, texas. >> he think if you have somebody who is habitual, that's a signal. i'm not sure why this guy was ever pardoned. it doesn't make any sense. stuart: 68 with a kilo of cocaine in his backpack. let's look at the senate floor. we are getting closer to a vote on betsy devos. democrats have been talking all night. they have been going almost 4 hours in an attempt to delay and stop the nomination of betsy devos for education secretary. also happening right now, the patriots' victory parade in boston. they put that on the script because they didn't think i knew that it was tom brady's fifth super bowl win. more varney next. achoo! (snap) achoo! (snap) achoo! achoo! (snap) (snap) achoo! achoo! feel a cold coming on? zicam cold remedy nasal swabs shorten colds with a snap, and reduce symptom severity by 45%. shorten your cold with a snap, with zicam.

involves the same hillside where a construction worker was hit and killed yesterday. 54-year-old robert bobby gill was struck by a dump truck while clearing the slide in scotts valley for granite rock construction. the los gatos man leaves behind a wife and two children. another worker, steven meyer was injured and they are tracking down 911 callers to get their accounts. they work to clear the slide is on holding in the investigation is complete. we are seeing an outpouring of support on a crowd funding page set up for the family. thousands of dollars have come in since yesterday. we have a link set up if you would like to donate, head to abc7news.com. >>> well this rain is making for dangerous conditions for drivers across the santa cruz mountains. and now the focus is shifting to lexington reservoir. matt keller is there live to explain. matt? >> reporter: natasha, so much water up here in the santa cruz mountains, lexington reservoir cannot handle it. it is at 104% of capacity and that is why it is spilling into the los gatos creek. the wet weather is causing problems up here. something beauti

killed yesterday while clearing a mudslide on highway 17 in the santa cruz mountains. 54-year-old robert gill of los banos died after a dump truck backed up...hittimg him and another crew member - who was pinned under the truck for a time before rescuers were able to pull him out. he was taken to the hospital...and was conscious at the time. both men worked for a watsonville-based construction company... which was sub-contracted to caltrans. the accident is being investigated by the c-h-p and state safety investigators. meantime ...two fund-raisers have been set up online... one is to help with funeral expenses for the gill family.. another is for a "gratitude meal" -- to thank the crews working so hard to clear the roads.. you can find links to both - on kron-4-dot-com also in the south bay...highway 35 in los gatos is now indefititely closed. you can see why in this video courtsey of our partnership with a-b-c-7 news. the road is completely washed out.. c-h-p says this happened near las cumbres road. there is no esitimated time for when it will reopen. you might call this the calm after the

cheryl: 68-year-old robert gill arrested in texas after police caught him with more than two pounds ofe following a high-speed chase. he was freed in 2015 when the obama mechanics released nonviolent federal inmates, gill had been in prison since 1990 for cocaine and heroin distribution, the man could face up to 40 years in prison. welshing maserati is known for luxury cars, the auto maker is recalling 50,000 cars and cross-overing to fix two separate problems that could lead to fire. first recall affects 39,000 vehicles an has to do with problem with wiring harness in front of seat and the second could fix leak. women rights top priority these days. a new bunny club is going to open in a hotel a new blocks from time square in new york city, 30 years after the original play boy clubs. another one open in spring in shanghai. founder opened the first club in chicago in 1960. the hotel in japan has just the shoe for you. the regal royal hotel is selling nine pairs of edible men's shoes. i know. they are made of chocolate. yeah. they are made of chocolate. they look real, don't they? maria

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the man killed was 54-year-old bobby gill from los banos and the man injured is 33-year-old robert -- steven >> david, thank you. >>> rain has been falling all day. let's go to sandhya patel. sandhya? >> the problems are far from over. we've had numerous reports of flooding. let me show you on live doppler 7 where it's raining. i'll take you to the street level radar. let's begin in the santa cruz mountains where we're seeing pops of yellows and oranges. boulder creek, pockets of moderate rain. santa clara, san jose, sunnyvale, also coming down. it's wet for the evening commute across 880 union city, fremont and as we head into livermore valley, it's wiper weather. lighter, spottier showers around highway 1 in the north bay. as i mentioned, problems are far from over. flash flood warnings remain in effect for parts of sonoma county. we have a flood warning in guerneville. it takes a while for the rivers to rise and we see those problems subsiding. napa river at st. helena both under warnings until tomorrow. flash flood watch for the north bay until 10:00 tonight. for parts of the peni